The Authors Guild

The Authors Guild Launches an Amazon/Author Dispute Resolution Channel

9 June, 2018 // 2 Comments

The Authors Guild has a well-deserved reputation for being a puppet of legacy publishers. This group has never missed an opportunity to bash Amazon and spread FUD (even though Amazon does more [Read More ...]

Internet Archive Wants You to Turn Your Site Into a Pirate Site

13 May, 2018 // 4 Comments

The Open Library is a free web library slash pirate site run by the Internet Archive. It lends ebooks, and can be used by anyone online. A recent update added a new option where anyone with a website [Read More ...]

Internet Archive Responds to Coverage of Its eBook Piracy With “Good Works” Defense

24 January, 2018 // 5 Comments

It has been some two weeks since the SFWA identified the Internet Archive's decade-old Open Library as a pirate site, and around a month since the UK Society of Authors and The Authors Guild reached [Read More ...]

SFWA Finally Notices Internet Archive’s Decade Old Open Library, Decides It’s Piracy

9 January, 2018 // 21 Comments

I like to stay on top of relevant news and development in the publishing industry, but sometimes I might miss a story and only find out weeks or months later. I used to kick myself for missing stuff, [Read More ...]

After Failing to Get Amazon on Antitrust, Douglas Preston Attacks Amazon Anew

16 October, 2017 // 3 Comments

Better stretch your hand-wringing muscles, because Douglas Preston is at it again. For about two or three years Douglas Preston has made a public spectacle out of accusing Amazon of various [Read More ...]

Book Publishers Are Whining About Amazon Giving the Buy Button to the Seller w\ the Lowest Price

8 May, 2017 // 15 Comments

Publishers are furious (and The Authors Guild is livid) that the copies of books that publishers had sold off cheap are now getting preferential treatment on Amazon.com. Starting about two months [Read More ...]

Authors United Declares Victory Over Amazon, Announces “Merger” With The Authors Guild

7 December, 2016 // 10 Comments

Remember the book publishing industry's astro-turfing group Authors United? The group has been keeping a low profile since their last failed attempt to get Amazon investigated for non-existent [Read More ...]

The Case for Joining The Authors Guild, Or Why I Joined

16 October, 2016 // 10 Comments

Over on Teleread David Rothman has responded to my recent post about The Authors Guild's new membership class with a more positive take on the topic. Amazon has been shafting KDP Select authors, and [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild Now Recruiting Writers Before They Know Better Than to Join TAG

12 October, 2016 // 2 Comments

After having poisoned its reputation with established writers and retired writers by blatantly serving the interest of corporate publishers for decades, The Authors Guild has found a new way to [Read More ...]

New Legislation Would Create a Small Claims Court for Copyright Infringement

15 July, 2016 // 1 Comment

Now would be a good time to invest in North Face, because Hell hath frozen over. The Authors Guild is backing a piece of legislation I can actually support: Today Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), a [Read More ...]

Fair Use Triumphs as US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Google Book-Scanning Project

18 April, 2016 // 6 Comments

The decade-old lawsuit over Google's effort to scan library books and display snippets in search results came to an end this week. The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild and Society of Authors Ask Publishers for Higher eBook Royalties

9 January, 2016 // 6 Comments

Earlier this week two author groups sent an open letter to publishers, begging them to increase digital royalties from the standard 25% to 50% of net. What we ask is simple: publishers need to [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild Files Supreme Court Appeal in Google Books Case

31 December, 2015 // 1 Comment

The Authors Guild has suffered defeat at every stage of their decade-old legal battle over Google's book-scanning project, including losing an appeal in October, but that hasn't stayed their resolve. [Read More ...]

DoJ Asks Supreme Court to Deny Apple’s Appeal

30 December, 2015 // 1 Comment

The US Dept of Justice filed its brief in response to Apple's Supreme Court appeal last week. Arguing that the July 2013 antitrust ruling that concluded Apple was "a member of a horizontal [Read More ...]

The Authors United Amicus Brief from an Antitrust Law Perspective

6 December, 2015 // 2 Comments

Apple has appealed the 2nd Circuit's decision in UNITED STATES v. APPLE. They've petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. In other words, the Supreme Court is still deciding [Read More ...]

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